What I Admit About Time Management

Ansı Rona-Bayıldıran
6 min readAug 4, 2022
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I decided for August to focus on planning, put my head in my hands for my next move, and to clear my mind.

First, I needed to clear my schedule. There are a few areas where I use my time and focus without planning: children, friends, my community study and the sports club that I support voluntarily. My family and friends are my priorities, and I can still organise my weeks ahead with them easily; they won’t hurt. In my community study, we were two people who edited each session’s transcript. I spent long hours editing. So, I found another editor to support us. That was an excellent start to having a mental space with less duty. Then when I informed my sports club about my decision, they were a little disappointed and yet they could survive without my help for a month.

After letting go of some tasks, what is next for me? I am living it right now. More writing, more mind space and more spare time to rest and meet with new people.

What was behind my decision?

I have been thinking much about focus management rather than time management. We all have 24 hours, 1440 minutes. Our focus is not as limitless as our time. Moreover, we become a prisoner of time when our focus is scattered. I realised that my mind is fully occupied at any bit of the moment and evaluated myself according to my focus with…

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Ansı Rona-Bayıldıran
Ansı Rona-Bayıldıran

Written by Ansı Rona-Bayıldıran

Startup Coach | Growth strategist unifying service design, data and consumer behaviour to build loved products, mum of 3, Stoic, Londoner— in Omnia Paratus

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